Some parents think it must require a comprehensive program to awaken a child’s genius (like a ”Teach Your Baby to Read kit” which actually serves to shut your child’s genius down). When your child sees you actively painting, reading, playing the piano, or engaged in other creative pursuits, this will made a bigger impression on her than anything else you might do to reawaken your child’s own genius. What gives you passion? Is it reading? Drama? Painting? Travel? Think back to when you were a child yourself (or a teen) and reconnect with the excitement you had back then – that’s your own inner genius. If you’re spending your leisure time sitting in front of the boob tube or wasting hours everyday checking your social media, you’re sending a message that life is limited. The genius shuts down ( here is a blog post I did on some of the factors that shut a child’s genius down).

But something happens as the child grows up. Each child is endowed with imagination, curiosity, playfulness, creativity, and related qualities. Thus, being a genius means giving birth to joy, and I believe that every child comes into this world with a natural joyous attitude toward learning about the world around him. I’m using the word ”genius” in its original meaning which relates to ”giving birth” (e.g. No, I don’t mean that your child is an Einstein or a Picasso or a Martha Graham.

How To Raise A Genius Book